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Private ROBERT HENRY SIMPSON

Service Number: 12296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. A. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Emily Sarah Simpson, of 66, Guildford Road, South Park, Ilford, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND BUT HIS SOUL GOES BACK TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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